Game



F. H. ANDERSON.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1921.

1,395,786. Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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FRED H. ANDERSON, OF PATERS ON, NEW JERSEY.

' GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Application filed January 22, 1921. Serial No. 439,140.

a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a game, and aims to provide certaln new and useful improvements in connection with devices of this character.

It is well known that numerous games have been placed upon the market which will tend to quicken the faculties of the participants. Also further devices of this nature have been placed upon the market which will aid in the physical development of the players, but relatively few devices have been proposed which will quicken the faculties, and provide physical exercise at ,the same time, and also provide a game which will be amusing.

With this-in mind, I have conceived a game, and provided an apparatus permittin of its being played, which will have as its primary object, the provision of a recreation, serving to cause theparticipants to indulge in physical exercise, at the same time quickening'their faculties.

A further object of my invention is the provision of'a game, and device of this character, which will be attractive to the players. 7

Further objects of my invention will ap pear in the'annexed specification and drawings, which latter present one practical embodiment of my invention, and in which;

Figure 1. is a side view of the apparatus employed in connection with my game.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side view of the essential portions thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view taken along the line 33 in the direction of in Fig. 1, and f Fig. 4 is a similar section taken on the line 4-4 and also in the direction of the arrows indicated in Fig. 1.

The essence of my invention consists in providing a. number of projectiles, which will be properlv'identified by certain characters, such as for instancenumbers, and also providing means serving to cause these projectiles to be thrown into the air, the projectiles being caught by the players, and subsequent to having repeated this operathe arrows tion a number of times,the participant having the greatest aggregate number is declared the winner, it being noted, however, that it is incumbent upon the players to grasp the projectiles while in flight.

With a view of providing the apparatus necessary for the playing of the game, I preferably utilize a hollow member in the nature of a barrel 5, within which a spring pressed piston 6 is slidably mounted, and serves to throw the elements to be projected from the barrel through the preferably flaredmuzzle 7. uTo now provide means serving to guide the piston 6, as well as for a purpose hereinafter more fully specified, I preferably utilize a pair of pins 8 extending outwardly, at diametrically opposite points of the piston. These pins project through longitudinally extending slots 9 formed in the barrel 5, and it will be obvious that the same will act as guides upon the piston 6 being reciprocated.

With a view of also providing means serving to guard against injury of the players, I conveniently inclose the greater part of the length of the slots 9 by housings 10, so that the piston 6 may be projected outwardly by means of its associated spring, with great facility, without any fear of the pins 8 contacting with any of. the players, it being also noted in this connection that the pins 8, upon striking the outer ends of the slots 9, will abruptly stop the movement of the piston 6, causing the projectiles carrjed zthereby to be thrown clear of the muzz e It will be noted that a rod 11 may be attached to the underside of the'piston 6, and serve to effect ,aretraction of the same, and with a view of holding the piston from movement, I preferably utilize a trigger in the'nature of a pair of dogs 12, pivotally mounted within brackets 13, and preferably operated in unison by means of a yoke 14. Also a spring 15 serves to normally pull the dogs 12 into the path of travel of the pinsS, and it will thus be obvious that upon the piston 6 being retracted by the rod 11, that the dogs will engage these pins and prevent any movement of the piston, until the latter is released by a pull being exerted upon the yoke 14:, the brackets 13 also serving as a guard for that portion of the slots 9 which are unprotected by the housing 10.

I preferably utilize projectiles in the nature of spheres 16, hearing identification marks 17, and as has been illustrated in Fig. 2, these spheres are arranged within the barrel 5, in any desired order. It will be obvious that upon the piston 6 being released, that these spheres will be thrown upwardly with relatively great velocity, and it willbe incumbent upon the players to catch the same while they are descending.

To insure a maximum distribution of the spheres, and to provide means which will guard against their descending to the same point from which they have been projected, it will be noted that one of the supporting legs 18 is preferably shorter than the legs 19, thus causing, as has been illustrated in Fig. 1, a tilting of the entire device so as to overcome the last named defect, a wider departing from the scope of my claims,

which are- I 1. A game, including projectiles, cylindrical means for projecting said projectiles, said means being fixedly arranged at an angle to the vertical and adapted to simultaneously project said projectiles angularly to the vertical thus allowing same to fall at adistance from said game.

2. A game, including projectiles, cylindrical projecting means for the simultaneous projection of said projectiles, said projecting means including a barrel, and a funnel shaped muzzle formed adjacent the outer end of said barrel, said barrel being adapted to simultaneously receive all of said projectiles.

3. A game, including projectiles, cylindrical projecting means for said projectiles,

said projecting means including a barrel, a funnel shaped muzzle formed. adjacent the outer end of said barrel, said barrel being arranged at a fixed angle to thevertical and adapted to simultaneously project said projectiles angularly to the vertical thus allowing same to fall at a distance from the said game.

4. A game, including projectiles, and cylindrical projecting means for the simultaprojecting means including a barrel adapted to simultaneously and manually .receive all of said projectiles, a spring pressed pis ton within said barrel, means for guiding said piston within said barrel, means for effecting a retraction of said piston against the tension of said spring, and means for cooperating with said guiding means for maintaining said piston in its retracted position.

6. A game, including projectiles and cylindrical projecting means for the simultaneous projection of said projectiles, said projecting means including a barrel adapted to simultaneously and manually receive all of said projectiles and being formed with longitudinally extending slots, a spring pressed piston within said barrel, outwardly extending pinssecured to said barrel and.

extending through said slots, and means for engaging said pins at both of the limits of travel of the piston.

7. A game, including projectiles and cyed to simultaneously and manually receive all of said projectiles, spring pressed piston within said barrel on the upper surface of which said projectiles rest when within said barrel, said barrel being formed with longitudinally extending slots, pins secured to said piston, means for effectinga retraction of said piston within said barrel, brackets secured tosaid barrel, dogs pivotally secured to said brackets, said dogs being adapted to engage said pins when the piston is in its retracted position. i I

FRED H. ANDERSON; 

